Biographical Sketch
David
Rainville has been a practicing golf course architect since 1961,
maintaining an office in Tustin, California. He joined the American
Society of Golf Course Architects in 1983 and as of 2004 is credited
with more than 50 completed golf courses in the western United States
and Asia, a large number of his courses being in Southern California. In
addition, David has redesigned and remodeled numerous existing courses.
David
has served on the Board of Directors for the ASGCA and is a member of
the USGA and the So.Ca. Turfgrass Council. He holds a Class A General
Engineering Contractors License in the State of California.
He began
his career early by learning the principles of the profession in the in
summers between school years on many of the courses designed and
constructed by his father, Harry Rainville. These early experiences gave
David a practical understanding of golf course construction, the
importance of well-drawn plans, and a vision of the transformation from
paper to reality.
Complementing David's design experience is his position of managing
general partner of a 36-hole golf complex for over 30 years. His working
understanding of the operational and maintenance aspects of golf,
including staffing, finance, budgeting and tournaments, goes into each
of his course designs.
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